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Vernon and Sicamous cannabis stores get provincial nod

Spiritleaf in Vernon will be the Okanagan91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s first cannabis store.
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The first private cannabis store approved for the Okanagan is opening on 53rd Avenue in Vernon; The Shuswap91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s third store, to be located in Sicamous, also recently received approval.

The store to open up in Vernon will be operated by Spiritleaf, a cannabis store chain with five locations up and running in Alberta and one in Saskatchewan according to their website. Spiritleaf91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Castlegar location also recently received a license from the B.C. Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch. The store will be located at #102-2500 53rd Ave.

In Sicamous, High Mountain Cannabis received its provincial license making it the third provincially-approved cannabis store in the Shuswap. High Mountain is opening up at 12-433 Finlayson St.

High Mountain is one of two proposed stores that received the approval of Sicamous91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™ council, the other, Sicamous Trading Co. is still awaiting its provincial license.



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